Culture war rages in the wake of Prof Jason Arday resignation

At 37, Jason Arday became the University of Cambridge’s youngest black professor. However, he is now at the center of a plagiarism accusations which have cast a shadow over his career – and thrust him into the international limelight.  Parts of his CV have been rubbished, and his most implausible claims about his personal life and achievements have been ridiculed.  Arday resigned from Cambridge last week saying he was under an “unrelenting level of public scrutiny and personal attack”. The…